Mentoring month: How to develop a ‘coaching culture’ throughout a law firm
I believe passionately in the power of coaching to unlock potential in all of us, says Cleary’s director of learning Jamie Butler.
HSF debuts legal ops secondment scheme
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has started to offer secondments within its recently-created global legal operations function, as it seeks to create a formal programme around the opportunity. The secondment is open to lawyers wanting to help clients dealing with their operational issues by assisting in-house lawyers as they embark on transformation and automation projects. The […]
Trio of firms act on £1bn Blackfriars riverside development
Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Stephenson Harwood are acting on the development of Bankside Yards, a £1.3bn mixed-use project situated on the south side of the Thames between the Tate Modern and Blackfriars Bridge. Head of UK real estate construction Marianne Toghill is acting for Clifford Chance’s longstanding client Native Land on the construction […]
Linklaters contract lawyer service chief decamps to Freshfields as COO
The head of Linklaters‘ contract lawyer platform has left to join Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as London chief operating officer, The Lawyer understands. Mark Higgs, who was COO of the firm’s Re:Link service, has spent almost 11 months at Linklaters. In October, he was promoted to global head of alternative legal services, only a few weeks […]
Defendants granted appeal after “extreme delay” of Arkhangelsky judgment
Mentoring month: How to develop a ‘coaching culture’ throughout a law firm
I believe passionately in the power of coaching to unlock potential in all of us, says Cleary’s director of learning Jamie Butler.
HSF debuts legal ops secondment scheme
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has started to offer secondments within its recently-created global legal operations function, as it seeks to create a formal programme around the opportunity. The secondment is open to lawyers wanting to help clients dealing with their operational issues by assisting in-house lawyers as they embark on transformation and automation projects. The […]
Trio of firms act on £1bn Blackfriars riverside development
Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Stephenson Harwood are acting on the development of Bankside Yards, a £1.3bn mixed-use project situated on the south side of the Thames between the Tate Modern and Blackfriars Bridge. Head of UK real estate construction Marianne Toghill is acting for Clifford Chance’s longstanding client Native Land on the construction […]
Linklaters contract lawyer service chief decamps to Freshfields as COO
The head of Linklaters‘ contract lawyer platform has left to join Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as London chief operating officer, The Lawyer understands. Mark Higgs, who was COO of the firm’s Re:Link service, has spent almost 11 months at Linklaters. In October, he was promoted to global head of alternative legal services, only a few weeks […]
In court this week: NHS, Virgin Media and Lib Dems with Kingsley Napley, Arnold & Porter and Ashurst
Election fever is spreading from the streets to the courts this week, with the Liberal Democrats fighting for their place on the political podium when they take on ITV via Kingsley Napley on Monday. Keeping with the television theme, Virgin Media will also be in action in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, calling on Ashurst in […]
Don’t wait for the climate crisis to come to you
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Welcome to your TikTok legal career
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Slaughters and Linklaters can breathe a huge sigh of relief
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
The SRA is on the ropes
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
Some firms have all the luck
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
“We’re not setting any limitations”: Competition boutique opens in Paris
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
Hill Dickinson presses on with partner car scheme amid EV revolution
Car lease schemes for partners are rapidly dwindling in the wake of the electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice revolution, but Hill Dickinson is not one of them. Once a more common method for partners to enjoy part of their profit share, traditional car lease schemes have lost their lustre. The tax incentives that once made […]
Stinklaters: Barbican residents lash out at Links’ ‘noxious’ generator
The residents of the Barbican Centre’s Cromwell Tower organised a demonstration outside magic circle firm Linklaters on Tuesday to protest against its diesel generator, which was installed in late March.
BT adds magic circle firm to 11-strong panel
BT has further shrunk its panel for the third review in a row having appointed a total of 11 firms to its roster. The panel will run for three years and includes 10 firms that have been reappointed from 2020. Those continuing their relationship with BT after the latest review are the likes of Allen […]
Dentons boosts London office with bumper promotions round
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
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